Frisky and Mannish’s School of Pop

Frisky and Mannish’s show is undoubtedly going to be one of the hits of Fringe. We are welcomed into the (packed out) room by Frisky (her) and Mannish (him) the singing and piano playing duo that perform their “education” of pop music to the people with more panache than Liberace.
The show is loosely presented as if a school class, with the dangers of drugs being discussed, a spelling lesson and break-time all being represented.
From start to finish the show is an hilarious comic cabaret of pastiches and reinterpretations of pop songs from across the ages: so simple, and yet so beautiful. Be prepared to see the Pussycat Dolls lampooned into a Blackpool Music Hall classic, hear what would happen if Lily Allen and Noël Coward swapped eras and listen to their juxtaposing Destiny’s Child with just about ever classic pop song going.
No pop song or indeed pop star is safe, and it’s their inventive, often unexpected, but always recognisable choices that the humour is derived from. Their delivery is executed with charm, excellence and with an edgy dry wit with laser precision. Just wait for their “Stalker Medley”, Weimar Cabaret re-imagining of an unmistakable classic and er, Strictly Come Dancing numbers. This show is everything you could ask for in an hour’s entertainment.
Frisky and Mannish spark and fizz onstage, captivating the audience with their quirky delivery and their costumes complementing their characters excellently.
She is Frisky, he is Mannish: you need to go and see the show.

5/5

Catriona Ruth Paterson